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Vamp for the worlds ending
with gilt lashes sharpened for the killing.
Traipse drunkenly in steel-toed slippers,
inhale spring and exhale winter.
Trace epigrams upon the man,
draw epitaphs into the sand;
all hail your scarlet fever.
with gilt lashes sharpened for the killing.
Traipse drunkenly in steel-toed slippers,
inhale spring and exhale winter.
Trace epigrams upon the man,
draw epitaphs into the sand;
all hail your scarlet fever.
Literature
femme fatale
i killed a poet once
spoke words that grated against his skin
until he was blistered and numb--
until the frozen night air could blast
right through his hungry body,
whistling around his ribcage
and icing up
his veins.
i destroyed a poet once
when i told him i loved him;
i thought it was the thought that counted,
but it didn’t that time.
not with those words.
i got so tangled up in
lying to myself
i forgot he could tell
i was lying to him too.
i bruised a poet once
left fingerprints and scratches
as i tore apart his favorite words
until there was nothing left inside him but
the hollow beat of his heart
and my voice
saying things th
Literature
introspect
do you remember the rainy evening
when you showed me the architecture
of your heart?
columns of dead languages
and old money, ivy strangling
the crumbling stone:
quelle allure!
I had quite despaired
of ever seeing such a place, but you
forced open the wrought-iron gates
and allowed me to take over—
modernity manifest
in my hesitating touch.
I crept over the courtyards
like some brilliant, beautiful
bed of weeds.
Literature
Yesterday.
You used to show me your
skeleton, the secrets inside
of you, your marrow. You
run, you shut your eyes, now.
You shut your eyes at the color
of the flowers, the leaves, everything
is orange. I am gathering
acorns. I am wearing your mask.
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Overall Vision Originality Technique ImpactFirst thing that hit me was the rhyme scheme. And that was enough to get my attention. Honest. But this is like a puzzle. Not one you can't solve, but one you want to go back and put together slowly you can see how each piece fits and how it all works to form the full picture.
glit lashes sharpened for the killing ... Fatal.
inhale spring and exhale winter ... I think the imagery evoked here (and in the next stanza) is enough to sell this. But my favorite part, the ending. Its an almost sarcastic crass statement to the subject. And its a powerful way to tie up and already powerful poem. A for impact.
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